This has been a LONGGGG week for me! I had to work on a research paper and all sorts of boring things. I hope everybody has nice and relaxing weekend, because I know I’m in desperate need of one! However, before you get too comfortable, you must check out this amazing Lanvin handbag sale at Barneys.

All of the handbags Lanvin has offered us this season have been nothing short of amazing, so you can’t go wrong with any of these lovely choices. Especially, the metallic python “hero” that has been reduced by almost 2 thousand dollars!What are you waiting for? Go shopping!Left: Lanvin metallic python hero was $3125, now $1879; Right: Lanvin Kentucky Tote in grained leather was $1890, now $1129.Left:Lanvin patent mini jeanne was $1160, now $699; Right: Lanvin leather “large” Kentucky tote was $1545, now $929.Source

New ArtNew IdeasThe count down is almost over! NY’s New Museum opens this Saturday Decemeber 1st.

Left: Besa Stitch Hobo $429, Right: Anna Switch tote $418This week, we’re taking a break from streetwear, so we can introduce you all to one of our favorite new accessory designers, Antoinette Lee. Miss Lee offers a very chic and affordable line of clutches, totes, and hobos. Each handbag is crafted in New York with careful detail and workmanship. So, everybody gets a piece of luxury without having to break the bank. How fabulous is that?1. What’s your biggest self-indulgence?I would definitely have to say a hot bubble bath!2. Fill in the blank: As a kid, I thought I would grow up to be a designer, or involved in something creative.Click here, for the rest of the interview.

If your dream has always been to publish a book and you don’t know where to start, today is your lucky day. powerHouse Publishing has just announced the The powerHouse Publishing Workshops scheduled for February 2008. The new series of workshops is specially designed to engage and enrich the knowledge of aspiring and established artists, photographers, designers, and packagers looking to learn the secrets of creating compelling art book projects. With workshops on topics from book design, image analysis, editing, presentation, and sponsorship and promotions, there is definitely lots to learn! The workshops are kept small with many limited to 6 people so if you’re interested you should register soon. And, if you’re a student, they have student rates. Registration closes January 15, 2008.

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Comme des Garçons has always killed it in the retail department whether it’s with their pop-up Guerilla stores or the Dover Street Market. Now, in celebration of the press launch of the new Comme des Garçons 8 88 Perfume, CDG has announced the opening of the Comme des Garçons 8 88 Pre View Shop until the 8th of December. The store will have 2 levels: Upstairs you’ll find a limited number of 8 88 Fragrance, T-Shirts and Candles only available there for this week. Downstairs will feature rare vintage CDG Parfum T-Shirts and collector CDG Parfums, all from Comme des Garçons and all at £20!! What a steal!! The 8 88 Fragrance, t-shirts and cancles will launch in regular shops worldwide in February / March 2008 so if you want it first you have until December 8th to get it.Comme des Garçons 8 885 Burlington ArcadeLondon W1From 1.00pm on 29th November to 8th December, then closed for ever.

Pastry Kicks - Fab Cookie Hi-Top: Double Chocolate Chip - Women’s Size 7Another giveaway - nitro:licious x Pastry Kicks, enter the giveaway here! Good Luck!Giveaway Starts: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - NowGiveaway Ends: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 11:59pm EST

After taking a break from Hollywood’s young starlets last season, Miuccia Prada, has nabbed Kirsten Dunst for Miu Miu’s next spring campaign. WWD reports the actress finished the shoot over the past week in Los Angeles with photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.Although WWD thinks, “Dunst’s stardom in the United States should give the fast-growing brand a boost as it expands in America, opening boutiques on 57th Street in New York and Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles early next year.”I’m going to have to disagree.First. NOBODY went to see her in Marie Anoinette and am I the only one who is so sick of Mary Jane’s whining ass. I mean, when is she going to figure out that boy is Spider-Man. Also, and I hate to admit it, La Lohan’s ads for Miu Miu were pretty good and I don’t see Miss Dunst upstaging “oh it was the black guy” this Spring.Plus, with Victoria Beckham (an actual fashion icon) fronting the Marc Jacobs campaign next season, no one will be paying attention to Kirsten and her two toned lips for Miu Miu…Source 

That is the question. I like to think there’s a little bit of both in everybody - it creates a balance. I am a giant Bijules NYC fan and I always love what Jules creates but when I saw this Nail Wrap this morning I almost fell out of my chair. I’ve seen vintage ones (ala The Goods!), and I’ve seen newer ones online that look like monster claws. Leave it to Bijules NYC to create one that is “vixen” and “lady” all at once. I cannot tell you how much I love this and I’m not lying when I tell you that within 3 seconds of seeing it I called Jules up herself to tell her that I would be incomplete without one. The Nail Wrap is available now or at the Gen Art NY shopping event.Info: RiotttImage: Bijules NYC

A while back, M.I.S.S. Busy Lady Baca reported on the Kaws x CDG wallets dropping at Colette. Just in time for the holidays, Dover Street Market has the collection as well and, in addition, we have some pictures of the tees and messenger bags. This collection is crazy - it’s not everyday that collabos come out as good as this one - and it’s one of those things that I really feel I need in my life. Lucky for us, you can purchase online here. Whether it’s a gift for someone else, or for yourself, this is guaranteed to make the recipient very happy. Happy Shopping!Image & Info: Dover Street Market

A rendering of Topshop’s first U.S. store, to open in Manhattan in September.Topshop has announced its first news to step foot into the US back in 2006 and there has been continuous rumors on where the first location will land. According to WWD, Topshop’s first Manhattan store will be at 478 Broadway in SoHo, which is currently Yellow Rat Bastard. Topshop’s owner, Sir Philip Green has an option to take a 9,500-square-foot space on the building’s top floor to use as his U.S. office and said further store openings in America are likely to come sooner rather than later. Expect the first Topshop/Topman unit in September, he is planning two more Manhattan stores, as well as flagships on the West Coast, and other units in cities including Las Vegas, Miami and Boston.

The new Topshop stores in the U.S. will be a minimum of 20,000 square feet and they all will be flagships. “I don’t want hundreds of little stores in the U.S. They all have to make economic sense,” he said.The Broadway flagship will cover 40,000 square feet over three floors — basement, ground floor and first floor — and Green said he’s hoping to preserve the “spirit” of the brand’s iconic Oxford Circus flagship. Green said he and his team are mulling the design for the Broadway store, but there likely will be a spiral staircase in addition to escalators, and customers in the basement will be able to view the two upper floors.He also has no plans to advertise in the U.S. as of yet, although there likely will be two or three events next year to mark the flagship’s opening.